Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jilletteis an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. He is also known for his advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free-market capitalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth5 March 1955
CityGreenfield, MA
CountryUnited States of America
fact matter
The fact of the matter is, if you want to be anonymous, you're still better off at the peep show,
created name national soft
'Moxie' is a name that was created by an American for the first national soft drink and then went on to mean chutzpah, and that's nice.
freedom
Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want.
harder secret willing work
The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.
coffee discuss drink sit
We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously.
composer styles work
Working in television, you really need a composer who can work in many styles especially when you're working in comedy. Stockdale can do anything.
against certainly extremists faithful good paint people plane religious second truly
When 9/11 hit, the second thing I said to myself was, 'This really is what religious people do.' Those people flying the plane were very good, very pious, truly faithful believers. There's no other way to paint them. Of course, they are extremists by definition, but they certainly aren't going against Islam in any real way.
cent madonna master plan
We don't have a master plan. Madonna has a master plan. I think 50 Cent has a master plan ... We don't.
bass networks people trout
You have networks for people who bass fish, and another for people who trout fish.
downside
Well, see, there's a downside to that, too,
believe mean doubt
I mean, if I believed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that a truck was coming at you, and you didn’t believe that truck was bearing down on you, there is a certain point where I tackle you. And this is more important than that.
real philadelphia festivals
Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing - actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals.